The first foreigner to become a samurai was an African slave.
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Japan is the largest exporter of frog's legs.
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The Gate Tower Building skyscraper in Japan has a highway passing through its fifth, sixth and seventh floors.
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The station master and operating officer at the Kishi Station, Japan, is a cat!
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In Japan, it is tradition for husbands to get a monthly allowance from their wives.
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In Japan, more adult diapers are sold than baby diapers.
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According to a Japanese poll in the year 2000, the Japanese believe that their best invention of the twentieth century was instant noodles.
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Macaques monkeys in Japan learned to steal purses and wallets, take out the coins, and use them to buy drinks and snacks from vending machines.
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